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March 8, 2024

The Weather in Other Places

On user experience.

I don't know why Apple won't let me have the one thing I want: to know the weather in every place I've ever been. It's windy in Edinburgh and Reykjavik, clear in Berlin, 79 and sunny in Fort Myers Beach.

The Apple Weather app icon, a cloud and sun on a blue background

We're planning a trip, so I went to add another location to my weather app and discovered I am already running afoul of Apple's guidelines. It used to be you could add 50 locations, but more recently, they changed it back to 20 maximum.

Currently, I have 26. It's snowing in Denver, mostly sunny in San Luis Obispo. I will have to delete some if I want to add any more.

Who needs the weather in 50 cities? Mr. Worldwide? I just like to check in. In some ways, it's better than looking back at photos, which can only tell you how things were. It's almost sunset in Barcelona, hot in Havana, cold and windy in Prague. I can imagine it there, now. Maybe I'll go again.

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